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Q A reader asks for meaning of four words on a coat of arms and color symbolism. Answers explain ermine and gules, with notes on bordure and gold. Q requests EPA or Interior addresses. replies give office names and Washington DC addresses. Q asks about smoke pollution near High Point. Health Department reports engineering fixes and fall completion. Q seeks Blue Angels home address. answered with Navy base in Pensacola Florida.
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Consumer Protection and Environmental Health Service
C Street
Washington, D. C
Department of Interior
Interior
Public Library
Fairfield Road
High Point
Guilford County
W.J. A. Jack Perdue
Health Department
Veterans entitlement to taps and gun salute at funeral
An armed forces veteran who is honorably discharged is entitled to a firing squad and bugler at his funeral if available. The veteran does not need to belong to any organization or the reserves. Funeral homes arrange the honors and contact the appropriate officials.
Tax listings overdue in Randolph County
The Randolph County Tax office in Asheboro holds all overdue books. Visit the Courthouse office, open 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday, to complete late tax listings.
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Glenora
B. A
Randolph County
Asheboro
Join 4-H in Guilford County High Point
Interested youths from 9 to 19 can contact the Guilford County Extension Office in Greensboro for 4-H leader names and addresses. A direct line to the county office is 888-9919 extension 30.
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High Point
M.R. A
Guilford County Extension Office
Greensboro
Guerrilla warfare in Northern Ireland claims twenty lives
British troops killed two more gunmen in Belfast early today raising the death toll to 20 in the Northern Ireland guerrilla war. Over 100 wounded as clashes, bombings, and arson escalate with 550 additional troops deployed amid widespread sectarian violence.
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Colin Frost
Associated Press
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
London
Ulster
Ireland
Leeson Street
Falls Road
IRA
Crumlin Road
Irish Republic
Londonderry
Newry
Derry
White Exodus From Cities Driving Resegregation of Southern Schools
A federal Atlanta ruling finds housing patterns recreate segregation despite school board efforts to desegregate. It says wholesale busing is not workable and Atlanta risks becoming all black, with 13 years of court battles ending in a focus on housing as the key obstacle.
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John Beckler
Associated Press
Washington
Atlanta
U.S. Dist
Sidney O. Smith Jr
Albert J. Henderson Jr
National Asso
Congress
Roman C. Pucinski
D-Ill
Busing
Congressional
House
Smith
Henderson
Idaho Penitentiary Riot Leaves Two Stabbed and Buildings Burned
About 50 inmates high on drugs rioted at Idaho Penitentiary in Boise, tearing up the hospital and burning two buildings. Guards fired tear gas as 150 inmates clashed. two guards and three inmates were injured, with no escapes.
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Boise, Idaho
Idaho Penitentiary
Raymond W. May
May
Ada County
Paul Bright
Bright
David Bortz
Burley
Idaho
Bortz
Charles Rice
Evans City
Charles Sharp
Court Petition Right To Abortions Asked
Seven women's groups and notable women urge the Supreme Court to protect reproductive autonomy by allowing medical abortions nationwide. In a friend of the court brief for Georgia and Texas cases, they argue the right to decide when and where to have children should be protected, with minimal medical regulation.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Georgia
Texas
Margret Mead
Miss Mead
Marian B. Javits
New York
Mary H. Lindsay
New York City
Maureen B. Neuberger
Oregon
Barnard College
Millicent C. McIntosh
Harriet van Horne
Bess Myerson
Norman G. Zarky
Los Angeles
Liquid Natural Gas Cars Converted To Low Pollution
The General Services Administration began using seven liquid natural gas powered cars claiming about 95 percent emission free operation. Long term plans aim to convert all 49 500 GSA vehicles within five years with eighty nine more ready soon in Boston.
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Boston
General Services Administration
Robert W. Kelly
GSA
Detroit
Robert Kunzig
James Mullin
Kelly
Soviet Airliner Crashes in Siberia Killing Estimated Hundred
Reports say an Aeroflot airliner crashed on approach at Irkutsk airport in Siberia last week. Travelers estimate about 100 people killed. Soviet Aviation Ministry offered no details while officials confirm a crash. The incident follows earlier Soviet disasters in Moscow and Leningrad with Il-18 and other aircraft.
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Moscow
Irkutsk
Siberia
Aeroflot
Soviet Aviation Ministry
Sheremetyevo
Leningrad
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Charlotte
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Raleigh
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